Service is the rent that you pay for room on this earth.

I've always met more discrimination being a woman than being Black...men are men.

The difference between de jure and de facto segregation is the difference between open, forthright bigotry and the shamefaced kind that works through unwritten agreements between real estate dealers, school officials, and local politicians.

Of my two `handicaps,' being female put more obstacles in my path than being black.

My God, what do we want? What does any human being want?

Don't list to those who say YOU CAN'T. Listen to the voice inside yourself that says, I CAN.

It is not heroin or cocaine that makes one an addict, it is the need to escape from a harsh reality.